Parents of 3 jihadist schoolgirls discover travel expenses checklist

Parents of one of the three British girls who fled to Syria, allegedly to become jihadist brides of Islamic State fighters, discovered a written checklist in their daughter’s room, specifying the essentials needed for the trip.

The teenagers, “lured by ISIS propaganda,” are now
believed to be in the extremist stronghold of Raqqa.

Alongside the trail of social media clues left by the girls, one
of their parents discovered a clue in their home.

A written checklist was discovered in the girl’s bedroom after
she went missing.

The list, seen by The Guardian, highlights the price of their
plane tickets to Turkey, which totaled over £1,000, a phone at
£75, underwear at £12, socks at £4 and other items such as makeup
and boots.

It also appears to feature two sets of handwriting, and has one
of the girls’ first initials besides each item. The items on the
list add up to £2,190.

The budgeting plans on the list indicate the girls were ensuring
they had enough money for their journey.

The parents of the girls said they have “no idea” where
their daughters got the money from.

According to Sky News sources, the girls are now “apparently
in a house that is owned or controlled” by a British girl
they had been in contact with over the internet.

Parents of one of the girls said their flight “could have
been avoided” if police had properly informed them of the
girls’ 15-year-old friend who fled to Syria weeks before their
children followed.

The parents, who blamed the police of “covering up their
errors” after the girls went missing, were accused by many
on social media for “bad parenting.”

Police say they wrote letters to the girls’ parents informing
them their children were friends with a pupil who fled to Syria.

However, instead of sending the letters to the parents’ home
addresses directly, they sent them via the girls, who hid them in
their schoolbooks in their bedrooms. The families only discovered
the letters once it was too late to intervene.

In a statement, the Metropolitan Police said: “With benefit
of hindsight, we acknowledge that letters could have been
delivered direct to the parents.”

Turkish authorities said the UK did not inform them of the girls’
flight until three days after their disappearance. The British
insist Ankara was told immediately.